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Mauritius

AGOA Status: Mauritius is eligible for AGOA this year. It also qualifies for textile and apparel benefits.

Trade Agreements: The U.S. and Mauritius signed a Trade & Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) in 2006. The third U.S.-Mauritian TIFA Council Meeting was held in April 2009. Later that year, the United States and Mauritius launched bilateral investment treaty negotiations.

Mauritius is currently our 125th largest goods trading partner with $347 million in total (two way) goods trade during 2017. Goods exports totaled $61 million; goods imports totaled $286 million. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Mauritius was $224 million in 2017.

According to the Department of Commerce, U.S. exports of goods to Mauritius supported an estimated 2 hundred jobs in 2015 (latest data available).

Exports

Mauritius was the United States' 163rd largest goods export market in 2017.

U.S. goods exports to Mauritius in 2017 were $61 million, down 29.4% ($26 million) from 2016 but up 23.4% from 2007.